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Dunno if it's true but the Clearance Officer here says she has a shed load of apps outstanding since last July, mine being one but I'm not holding out much hope for mine.
... but I'm worried first of all about how this will affect my current employment? Could I be sacked? suspended?? I'm absolutely dreading it, so much so that I'm considering leaving work before I complete the SC forms....
You will achieve nothing by leaving before completing the forms or waiting on the results. You should really discuss this with your manager.
Weird when I moved in girlfriend, I needed security clearance to avoid her losing her job, due to past clearance, and certain incidents in my past it took little over a week
But that was a private company that does work for the govt, rather than public sector numpties
Socialism is inseparably interwoven with totalitarianism and the abject worship of the state.
No Socialist Government conducting the entire life and industry of the country could afford to allow free, sharp, or violently-worded expressions of public discontent.
Any reason you didn't read the SC clearance sticky at the top if this very sub forum? You'll see 100s of the same questions all with exactly the same answers and plenty of supporting discussion to help you. No point going over it all again.
Weird when I moved in girlfriend, I needed security clearance to avoid her losing her job, due to past clearance, and certain incidents in my past it took little over a week
But that was a private company that does work for the govt, rather than public sector numpties
Staffing across government varies at different times.
To answer the OP question if your job required security clearance then you would only be allowed to be employed once you got clearance.
Personally don't say anything to your manager as it could be used against you at a later date. Just answer the SC forms honestly.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
As others have said - be honest with the forms. People make mistakes - but if you try to hide it (and they already know), then you'll never get clearance.
Some places have a different level of clearance, even within SC - a friend of mine got clearance for the MoD but couldn't get it with a police force when he moved from the MoD.
Don't resign, though - if you do that you'll have nothing. Stick with it, and hope you pass the clearance.
As I keep pointing out, clearance is a risk assessment for a specific role (or set of roles) or an organisation. Different sites may not accept the same risk factors (MOD vs Police being a classic example, they look for different things).
You can't second guess (and if we knew how we wouldn't tell you anyway!) so fill in the forms and see what happens. There is a separate section for criminal issues that are closely guarded within the vetting agency, so even if you fail, nobody will know outside the vetters (?) and the local SSO.
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